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Ypsilanti, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • What does Ypsilanti Township’s 180-day pause mean for U-M’s project?
  • Why a Ypsilanti Township supercomputer project is suddenly on hold

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Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Clearing, a shower; warm, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 80, low: 48.
  • Monday: Turning cloudy; less humid, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ypsilanti Township fight over U-M computing center intensifies with moratorium (wdet.org) — Ypsilanti Township officials have imposed a 180-day moratorium on major electrical infrastructure to slow a proposed University of Michigan high-performance computing center along Textile Road. The pause gives the township time to review zoning and environmental impacts, including power use, wetlands, Huron River proximity, and neighborhood concerns, while officials argue they have limited control over tax-exempt university projects.
   

• Automakers enter energy storage business as data centers face backlash (journalgazette.net) — Residents in Ypsilanti Township successfully pushed the University of Michigan to pause plans for a major supercomputer data center, part of growing statewide backlash against such projects. The story explains how community concerns over energy use, environment, and land impact are colliding with automakers’ new battery-storage business tied to data centers, and how these debates are starting to influence Michigan elections and corporate strategy.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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